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FM MANILA 881320Z FEB 79
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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TELEGRAM NUMBER 014 OF 8 FEBRUARY
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1. MANILA T.V. NEWS THIS EVENING REPORTS QUOTE OFFICIAL STATEMENT UNQUOTE IN HONG HONG TO EFFECT THAT PHILIPPINES GOVERNMENT WILL BE CONTRAVENING INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS IF IT FORCES TUNG AN TO SEA WITHOUT PAPERS AND DE-REGESTERED SEMI-COLON THAT IT WILL CONSEQUENTLY BE FOR CONSIDERATION WHETHER FIRST PORT OF CALL PRINCIPLE CAN APPLY IN THIS INSTANCE.
2.THOUGH THIS IS NOT PRECISELY POSITION WE WERE TOLD WOULD NOT AT PRESENT BE MADE PUBLIC - AN ASSURANCE WHICH I INCLUDED IN MY LETTER TO ROMULO - IT IS CLOSE ENOUGH GREATLY TO COMPLICATE ANY DISCUSSION I MAY HAVE WITH MARCOS TOMORROW. ANY HELPFUL GLOSS YOU CAN PUT ON IT BEFORE THEN WOULD BE WELCOME.
3. IT TURNS OUT THAT LORD JELLICOE AND I ARE DOWN TO SEE MARCOS IMMEDIEATELY BEFORE MY AMERICAN COLLEAGUE TOMORROW, AT 1145 LOCAL TIME. MURPHY THINKS IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF I MENTIONED MATTER TO PRESIDENT AND I SHALL DO SO UNLESS INSTRUCTED OTHERWISE.
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